I would like to know what people think of Cranfield university, what is the reputation of it? Is it any good? What are your opinions findaphd team?

We don't recommend looking at reputations of universities, rather you should look at the reputation of the specific department and the research supervisor. See our PhDs Explained sections for links and information.

The Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) ratings (www.hero.ac.uk/rae). will give an indication of their overall reputation for some broad subject areas. Hopefully other contributors to the forum will be able to tell you what it's like to study there.

Well, its not cambridge...

Well obviously, but do you have any useful opinions on this university?

Well, it depends what you're comparing it to really doesn't it. Personally, i dont think its one of the better universities in the UK, but i'm sure there are plenty worse. i'm also sure i'll be heavily abused for saying that :)

I think that is a fair opinion if it is honest. That is all I wanted, fair and honest opinions.

Best thing to do is follow the advice at the bottom of the page and look at the RAE. It is very important to find good groups doing good work.

Check 23 September's edition of Times Higher Education Supplement (THES). Students are very satisfy with Cranfield.

Just how hard is it to get a PHD at Cambridge? is it as hard as an undergraduate placement??

Well, its the second best university in the world, so take a guess ;-). The shortest answers are "very" and "yes" (depending on subject)

It isn't in fact the second best university in the world, Harvard, Yale and Oxford are all rated higher, and there may even be a few more. Look on the Times Higher Ed site to check it.

However, it is extremely hard to get a PhD at Cambridge, you would almost certainly need a 1st and good experience as well, at best you would need a 1st and a very good project.

It's has got a very good reputation for environmental stuff so if you are doing something in that field it would be good as everyone has heard of it!

Doodles are you refering to Cranfield Uni? Coz if you are that is good news to me, I am doing a PhD related to aenvironmental issue

That's cool! I certainly am! That's how I heard of it as it was highly regarded by others in the field when I was doing environmental stuff for my BSc! It's good for technical issues - is your project related to this field?

I am a chemist, I will be developing a method of testing how biodegradable organic waste is. This is for the purpose of landfil regulations. I think this may be similar to what you mean